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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

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The House Appropriations defense subcommittee laid out a $570.4 billion spending plan on May 29 that followed in the House Armed Services Committee’s path of cutting operations and maintenance and research and development accounts to support equipment procurement.

The Senate Armed Services Committee did not force the Pentagon to buy as many unrequested items as the House Armed Services Committee did, but in several cases the senators authorized buying a platform and left finding the money to do so up to military leaders.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) May 19 accused the rocket engine provider Aerojet Rocketdyne of a “revolving door” arrangement in which a former Air Force procurement official awarded national security launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) the “block buy” of launch cores before accepting a position with ULA-supplier Aerojet Rocketdyne.

As the deadline approaches for cloud providers working with federal agencies to meet security controls, the General Services Administration (GSA) is preparing to get companies through the approval pipeline.

The House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee (HAC HS) on May 28 unanimously approved by voice vote a $39.2 billion discretionary spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in FY ‘15, sending the proposed measure to the full committee to be marked up.